Buckle.



No. 795,879. PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905.

' J. A. ALLEN.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3.1904.

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JOHN A. ALLEN, OF HARPER, KANSAS.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed February 3, 1904. Serial No- 191,846.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harper, in the county of Harper and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments to harness, and has for its object to produce a simply-constructed and easily-applied device, whereby a strap may be attached for lateral extension from another strap.

The improved device is more particularly applicable to connecting the check portions to reins in double harness, but may be applied with slight immaterial modifications to other parts of the harness.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood. the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed. 7

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters. is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable" of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right is therefore reserved of making all the changes and modifications Which fairly fall within the scope of the invention and the claims made therefor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied. view of the same. Figs. 3, 1, and 5 represent modified forms of the principal member of the device detached. I

The improved device consists, primarily, of a bar 10, having at one end a hook 11 and at the other end a loop 12, extending laterally of the bar and preferably extending from the same side as the hook 11. The hook 11 is designed to engage an aperture 13 in a strap la as, for instance, the lead-rein of a double harnessand the loop 12 is designed to receive the same strap at another point in its length. A reinforcing liner-section 15 may be attached to the strap 14 and extended longitudinally thereof, so that it covers the aperture 13 and hook 11 and also extends through the Fig. 2 is a plan,

loop 12, together with the strap 1A. A ring 16 is disposed around the strap 14: and its liner 15, between the hook 11 and loop 12, and affording means for the attachment of the lateral strap 17as, for instance, the check portionsof double-harness reins. By this simple arrangement it is obvious that a very efficient and easily-applied device is produced, whereby the laterallyextending strap 17 may be connected to the longitudinally-extending strap 14: and without presenting any portions with which the manes or tails of the horses or fly-nets or other portions of the harness can become entangled and which will at the same time present a neat and pleasing appearance. The liner portion 15 not only covers the point of the hook 11 and prevents its catching upon surrounding objects, but also materially strengthens the connection by reinforcing the strap 14 where the greatest strain and Wear occurs.

A modified form of the device has been shown in Fig. 3, wherein the bar 10" and the hook 11 are substantially the same as illustrated in Fig. 1; but the loop 12 is disposed in longitudinal alincment with the bar instead of at right angles thereto.

Fig. 1 presents another modification, the bar 10 and loop 12" being in longitudinal alinement, as in Fig. 3; but the hook 11 is directed forwardly instead of rearwardly.

A still further modification has been illustrated in Fig. 5, wherein the bar 10 has the hook 1 1 directed forwardly, as in Fig. 1, With the loop 12 disposed at substantially right angles to the bar, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

These slight changes and modifications would not be a departure from the principle of the invention, however, or sacrifice any of its advantages, as the same results are produced in substantially the same manner.

Each bar with its hook and loop will preferably be cast or otherwise constructed of a single piece of suitable metal of requisite strength and may be of any required size and of any fanciful shape or design and may be plated, japanned, or otherwise coated orpro- 'tected to conform to other metal parts of the harness.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. The combination of a strap having a perforation, a bar having an opening receiving the strap and provided with a hook engaging the perforation, and a link slidably embracing the strap between and limited by the opposite ends of the bar.

2. The combination of a strap having a perforation, a liner-strap having one end secured to the perforate strap with its free portion disposed to lie across the perforation, a bar applied to that side of the perforate strap which is opposite the liner and having a terminal hook detachably engagingthe perforation, the opposite end of the bar being provided with a loop disposed transversely thereof upon the same side as the hook and receiving the perforate strap and the free portion of the liner, and another strap having a link loosely embracing the perforate and liner straps between the hook and the loop, said 'hook and loop forming stops to limit the slidable movement of the link.

3. In a harness, a strap having a liner attached to one side and with an aperture therein opposite said liner, a bar having at one end a hook engaging said aperture and at the other end a loop receiving the strap and liner, and a link slidably embracing the strap and liner portions between the hook and loop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

L. G. SENSEMAN, J. B. HARRIs. 

